Police demand end to violence against women

Police personnel formed human chain in Barisal city yesterday with a call to end violence against women.
Both male and female members of Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP), District and Range Police formed the human chain in front of Ashwini Kumar Hall, organised by Bangladesh Police Women's Network.
Dr Abdur Rahim, deputy inspector general of Barisal Range Police; Shamsuddin Ahmed, BMP commissioner; AKM Ehsan Ullah, superintendent of police; and Runa Laila, assistant police commissioner, among others, addressed the event.
Bangladesh Police Women's Network is a forum to help enhance the capacity of female police personnel, and is part of extensive reform work undertaken by Bangladesh Police with the support of UNDP's Police Reform Programme, said the speakers.
Bangladesh has become the first country in the sub-continent with the network dedicated to promote the role of women in law enforcement as well as enhance the participation of female police personnel by developing their leadership capacity and other professional skills, they said.
They stressed the need for creating mass awareness as well as socio-cultural-political commitments to end violence against women.
They said the forum would help Bangladesh Police take appropriate measures in responding to the issues faced by female police personnel.
As a professional forum, the network will help ensure women's rights and play a vital role in preventing violence against women in a friendly environment.
Bangladesh Police has implemented a number of important gender related activities, including formulation of gender guidelines and formation of local gender committees, they said.
Later, they brought out a procession which paraded the city's main roads.